Chine [noun]

This night Mr. Gauden sent me a great chine of beef and half a dozen of tongues.

This day I have a chine of beef sent home, which I bespoke to send, and did send it as a present to my uncle Wight.

A couple of fowls, a rice-pudding, and a small chine, composed our dinner.

Over it she wore a magnificent cloak of crpe de Chine and silver lace.

She soon attired herself in the blue crêpe de chine over which she and Nance had labored so industriously the winter before.

Prettiest of all my new dresses is a cardinal crpe de chine, exactly matching the wall-paper.

This is a long strip of meat lying directly under the chine, or back bone.

A Loin of Lamb should always be divided at the chine end of the bone, and helped in chops.

Cut the outside lengthwise, separating each slice from the chine-bone, with the point of the knife.

Crepe de Chine is an incomparable textile possessing as much softness as strength.